--- title: David Beckham Gets Birthday Surprise From Brooklyn Beckham description: David Beckham knew he would be celebrating his birthday over a meal with his family. But he didn't know Brooklyn Beckham would be joining them. canonical: https://time.com/5264816/david-beckham-brooklyn-beckham-birthday-surprise/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-03T18:48:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:38.329Z og:title: David Beckham Got an Emotional Surprise at His Birthday Party og:description: Beckham's oldest son showed up to celebrate his birthday og:url: https://time.com/5264816/david-beckham-brooklyn-beckham-birthday-surprise/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f41ddee4cdd62ed/69892f738fd2ee6b5335b82c/screen-shot-2018-05-03-at-1-40-57-pm.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: David-Beckham-Brooklyn-Beckham og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: David Beckham Got an Emotional Surprise at His Birthday Party twitter:description: Beckham's oldest son showed up to celebrate his birthday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f41ddee4cdd62ed/69892f738fd2ee6b5335b82c/screen-shot-2018-05-03-at-1-40-57-pm.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # David Beckham Had the Best Reaction to Brooklyn Beckham Surprising Him for His Birthday  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 3, 2018 6:48 PM UTC  Victoria Beckham  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 3, 2018 6:48 PM UTC [David Beckham](http://time.com/4653323/david-victoria-beckham-wedding-vows/) knew he would be celebrating his [birthday](http://time.com/5260034/princess-charlotte-third-birthday-photo/) over a meal with his family on Wednesday. But what he clearly didn’t suspect was that his oldest son, [Brooklyn Beckham](http://time.com/4230855/brooklyn-beckham-skateboard-jump-over-david-beckham/), would be joining them at the restaurant. In a video shared by both David and his wife, Victoria—who seemed to be in on the plan—Brooklyn can be seen sneaking up on his dad before surprising him at the table. David immediately tears up and begins hugging his son before repeatedly asking, “What are you doing here?” “I didn’t know you was coming in,” he says after kissing Brooklyn on the cheek. “I missed you so much.” The whole scene is very touching, especially with the added bonus of 6-year-old Harper Beckham chiming in to say that she too didn’t know Brooklyn was coming. “The biggest surprise of the day….,” Victoria captioned the post. “Welcome home [@brooklynbeckham](https://www.instagram.com/brooklynbeckham/) X happy birthday [@davidbeckham](https://www.instagram.com/davidbeckham/) I love u so much x kisses.” Brooklyn is currently studying photography at the Parsons School of Design in New York while David, Victoria and their other three children live in London. 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